योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-40, verse-31

मरणादिमयी मूर्च्छा प्रत्येकेनानुभूयते ।
यैषा तां विद्धि सुमते महाप्रलययामिनीम् ॥ ३१ ॥

maraṇādimayī mūrcchā pratyekenānubhūyate ,
yaiṣā tāṃ viddhi sumate mahāpralayayāminīm 31

31. maraṇādimayī mūrcchā pratyekena anubhūyate
yā eṣā tām viddhi sumate mahāpralayayāminīm

31. sumate,
maraṇādimayī mūrcchā pratyekena anubhūyate.
yā eṣā (mūrcchā),
tām mahāpralayayāminīm viddhi.

31. A state of unconsciousness, akin to death and similar states, is experienced by each individual. O discerning one, know this very state to be the night of the great cosmic dissolution (mahāpralaya).

31. העילפון של המוות וכדומה נחווה על ידי כל אחד. דע, נבון שכמותך, שעילפון זה דומה לליל ה-מַהָא-פְּרַלַיַה (ההתפרקות הקוסמית הגדולה).

Words meanings summery:

• मरणादिमयी (maraṇādimayī) - consisting of death and so on, pertaining to death etc.

• मूर्च्छा (mūrcchā) - swoon, unconsciousness, stupor

• प्रत्येकेन (pratyekena) - by each, by each individual

• अनुभूयते (anubhūyate) - is experienced, is felt

• या (yā) - which

• एषा (eṣā) - this

• ताम् (tām) - that

• विद्धि (viddhi) - know, understand

• सुमते (sumate) - O wise one, O discerning one

• महाप्रलययामिनीम् (mahāpralayayāminīm) - the night of the great cosmic dissolution (mahāpralaya)

Words meanings and morphology

मरणादिमयी (maraṇādimayī) - consisting of death and so on, pertaining to death etc.

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of maraṇādimaya

maraṇādimaya - consisting of death and the like, characterized by death etc.

Feminine form of 'maraṇādimaya', which is a compound of 'maraṇa' (death), 'ādi' (beginning/etc.), and the suffix 'maya' (consisting of).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (maraṇa+ādi+maya)

• maraṇa – death, dying
  noun (neuter)
  Root: mṛ (class 6)
• ādi – beginning, and so on, etcetera
  noun (masculine)
• maya – made of, consisting of, full of
  suffix/adjective (masculine)

मूर्च्छा (mūrcchā) - swoon, unconsciousness, stupor

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mūrcchā

mūrcchā - fainting, swoon, unconsciousness, stupor

Root: mūrcch (class 1)

प्रत्येकेन (pratyekena) - by each, by each individual

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of pratyeka

pratyeka - each one, individual

Compound type : avyayībhāva (prati+eka)

• prati – to, towards, each
  indeclinable
• eka – one, single, each
  numeral (masculine)

अनुभूयते (anubhūyate) - is experienced, is felt

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of anu-bhū

Prefix: anu

Root: bhū (class 1)

या (yā) - which

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yad

yad - which, what

एषा (eṣā) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this

ताम् (tām) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that

विद्धि (viddhi) - know, understand

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of vid

Root: vid (class 2)

सुमते (sumate) - O wise one, O discerning one

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sumati

sumati - good-minded, intelligent, wise person

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (su+mati)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
• mati – mind, thought, intelligence
  noun (feminine)
  Root: man (class 4)

महाप्रलययामिनीम् (mahāpralayayāminīm) - the night of the great cosmic dissolution (mahāpralaya)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mahāpralayayāminī

mahāpralayayāminī - the night of the great dissolution or cosmic dissolution

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahāpralaya+yāminī)

• mahāpralaya – great dissolution, cosmic dissolution (mahāpralaya)
  noun (masculine)
• yāminī – night
  noun (feminine)

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